All things related to Indian classical music and sitars. Raga Yaman will be the main focus, with an aim to document as much as possible to provide an understandable resource for beginner sitarists and lovers of Indian classical music.

100 Followers and Shahid Parvez

I've just hit the one hundred followers mark so thank you to everyone who is following the blog and commenting on the posts.

Just a short post to say thanks today so here is one of my favourite player, Shahid Parvez. This is an excellent video with all the close ups.

I haven't mentioned much about Shahid Parvez but he really is a legendary player. He comes from a family of classical Indian musicians spanning seven generations. His relatives include Imdad Khan, Wahid Khan, Wahid Khan, Vilayat Khan and Shujaat Khan. Quite impressive!

He was a child genius and was performing concerts in public by the time he was eight years old. Being one of the true masters of the instrument, Shahid prime example of what hard work and lots and lots of practice can do (and being part of one of the most famous families in Indian classical music).

Go over to his website and read some of his articles, he has some strong and traditional opinions about Indian music and how it should be performed - http://www.shahidparvezkhan.com/

Empty, yes you are right, these things are looked upon slightly differently in India. But in this case it would certainly make you a better player if you were hearing one of the best sitarists in the world from the minute you were born and had lessons from the best in the world from when you are a toddler. I think it makes him an interesting person in this sense, the magnitude of musical knowledge that must have been passed down is mind boggling.

Really glad I came across your blog! Now following. I love the sound of this music but am not educated in it at all and that has made finding anything decent on youtube difficult. What is the instrument called that produces that very deep percussive "woo" sound. I like that a lot.